If you want to buy some wireless Apple headphones, you now have four choices.
How on earth do you decide which ones to get?
Only plus for the Pro is janky noise-cancellationnot enough of a gap."
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You get better battery life, MagSafe and inductive Qi charging, and sweat resistance.
These new AirPods are pretty much AirPods Pro Lite, including many of their most advanced features.
In fact, theres really only one feature that now distinguishes the AirPods Proactive noise cancelling (ANC).
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This is the feature that samples the sound around you, and generates anti-sound to cancel it out.
Not only that, but you also can choose to let some of the outside world back in.
Part of Apples magic is the new products often make the old ones seem less attractive almost immediately.
In some ways, though, the new AirPods 3 are better than the Pro.
The bottom line is that the new AirPods 3 are the standouts in the lineup.
The others are there to either save money or get noise canceling, and thats about it.
Why Not Just Keep Using Your Old Ones?
The new AirPods are typical Apple products, in a way.
Part of Apples magic is the new products often make the old ones seem less attractive almost immediately.
So it is with AirPods.
But is it worth it?
you’re free to just replace the AirPods case.
Pointless for music and movies, in my opinion, but great for wellbeing apps.
And if the batteries in your old AirPods are dying?PodSwapis a service that swaps them for you.
Its not to say that the new AirPods arent better in almost every way.
And they have one brand-new killer feature: the price.
